This visual and associative impressive work, accentuated by background jazz music, is a tribute to the life and art of John Coltrane. This film synthesizes the themes of racism and the so-called “race democracy” that the director, Zózimo Bulbul, focused on in his work. His creations involving motion and minimalistic direction are characteristic aspects of a part of Invention Cinema production.

Biography

Zózimo Bulbul (1937–2013) was an Afro-Brazilian actor well-known from a number of Cinema Novo films. In the 1970s, he became integrated in the Invention Cinema trend. He later collaborated with, for example, the Nigerian director Ola Balogun.